Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

19 Jul 2010

20 Dec 2010

14 Mar

2011

14 June

12 Sept

17 Oct

14 Nov

12 Dec

16 Jan 2012

13 Feb

12 Mar

Total approve

52%

43%

41%

34%

28%

34%

37%

34%

37%

36%

32%

Total disapprove

30%

40%

46%

54%

64%

59%

55%

54%

52%

53%

61%

Strongly approve

11%

10%

7%

6%

5%

7%

8%

6%

6%

6%

8%

Approve

41%

33%

34%

28%

23%

27%

29%

28%

31%

30%

24%

Disapprove

17%

24%

22%

29%

28%

27%

25%

25%

27%

26%

29%

Strongly disapprove

13%

16%

24%

25%

36%

32%

30%

29%

25%

27%

32%

Don’t know

18%

17%

13%

13%

8%

7%

9%

11%

12%

11%

7%

Julia Gillard’s approval rating has dropped substantially since last month. 32% (down 4%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 61% (up 8%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -17 to -29 over the last 4 weeks. This is her lowest rating since September.

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

19 Jul

20 Dec

17 Jan 2011

14 Feb

14 Mar

11 Apr

9 May

14 June

11 July

15 Aug

12 Sept

Total approve

52%

43%

51%

48%

41%

37%

41%

34%

29%

35%

28%

Total disapprove

30%

40%

36%

41%

46%

50%

48%

54%

62%

55%

64%

Strongly approve

11%

10%

8%

9%

7%

7%

7%

6%

5%

6%

5%

Approve

41%

33%

43%

39%

34%

30%

34%

28%

24%

29%

23%

Disapprove

17%

24%

24%

25%

22%

25%

26%

29%

30%

24%

28%

Strongly disapprove

13%

16%

12%

16%

24%

25%

22%

25%

32%

31%

36%

Don’t know

18%

17%

14%

11%

13%

13%

11%

13%

9%

11%

8%

After improving last month Julia Gillard’s approval rating has dropped back to a level similar to the July result. 28% (down 7%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 64% (up 9%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -20 to -36 over the last 4 weeks.

Q. Thinking about what the Labor Government has done over the last few years, do you approve or disapprove of the following Government actions?

Total approve

Total disapprove

Strongly approve

Approve

Disapprove

Strongly disapprove

Don’t know

Increased funding of health services

89%

5%

42%

47%

3%

2%

6%

Increasing the age pension

78%

14%

34%

44%

8%

6%

8%

Increasing superannuation to 12%

75%

13%

28%

47%

9%

4%

12%

Managing the economy to keep unemployment and interest rates low

70%

21%

21%

49%

12%

9%

10%

Spending on new school buildings

68%

24%

19%

49%

15%

9%

8%

Introducing a national disability insurance scheme

63%

13%

18%

45%

9%

4%

24%

Stimulus spending to tackle the GFC

61%

28%

21%

40%

15%

13%

11%

Paid parental leave

60%

30%

19%

41%

17%

13%

10%

Introducing a tax on large profits of mining companies

58%

29%

27%

31%

16%

13%

13%

Building the NBN (National Broadband Network)

54%

34%

19%

35%

17%

17%

12%

Stopping live cattle exports until welfare concerns were addressed

53%

34%

24%

29%

17%

17%

12%

Abolished WorkChoices

51%

33%

23%

28%

21%

12%

16%

Sending asylum seekers to Malaysia

39%

45%

17%

22%

20%

25%

16%

Introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change

33%

53%

15%

18%

14%

39%

14%

Government decisions and policies with highest approval were increased funding of health services (89% approve), increasing the age pension (78%) and increasing superannuation to 12% (75%).

Only two of the actions listed received less than majority approval – sending asylum seekers to Malaysia was 39% approve/45% disapprove and introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change was 33% approve/53% disapprove.

Q. Has it been a good or bad year for each of the following politicians?

Total good

Total bad

Very good

Good

Neither good nor bad

Bad

Very bad

Don’t know

Julia Gillard

49%

25%

14%

35%

22%

17%

8%

4%

Bob Brown

38%

21%

9%

29%

28%

11%

10%

13%

Tony Abbott

30%

33%

4%

26%

32%

25%

8%

6%

Malcolm Turnbull

10%

43%

1%

9%

35%

30%

13%

11%

Kevin Rudd

10%

70%

2%

8%

15%

36%

34%

5%

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Total good

Total bad

Total good

Total bad

Total good

Total bad

Total good

Total bad

Julia Gillard

49%

25%

69%

8%

36%

43%

57%

17%

Bob Brown

38%

21%

40%

17%

35%

31%

68%

6%

Tony Abbott

30%

33%

19%

45%

44%

21%

17%

54%

Malcolm Turnbull

10%

43%

6%

50%

15%

42%

6%

50%

Kevin Rudd

10%

70%

14%

64%

8%

81%

11%

73%

Overall, Julia Gillard (49% good/25% bad) and Bob Brown (38%/21%) are thought to have had a good year. Respondents were divided on whether Tony Abbott has had a good year (30%/33%).

A majority of their own voters thought Julia Gillard (69%) and Bob Brown (68%) have had a good year but only 44% of Liberal/National voters think Tony Abbott has had a good year. There is a substantial gender difference on the assessment of Tony Abbott – men split 37% good/30% bad and women 23% good/36% bad. Comments »

Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

5 Jul 10

19 Jul 10

26 Jul 10

2 Aug 10

9 Aug 10

16 Aug 10

20 Sep 10

18 Oct 10

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott21 Jun 10

Julia Gillard

53%

50%

51%

48%

45%

46%

47%

49%

92%

9%

81%

47%

Tony Abbott

26%

27%

26%

30%

33%

35%

35%

33%

2%

75%

4%

30%

Don’t know

21%

23%

23%

22%

21%

19%

18%

17%

6%

16%

15%

23%

49% believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 33% prefer Tony Abbott – a widening of the gap from 12% to 16% since last month’s figures. This is the largest gap since the 2 August survey.